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Woke up at Five this morning to a beautifully clear star filled sky on the Gippsland coast. The southern cross lowering on the horizon just above the ocean. The Milky way strewn across the sky like someone had taken a giant paint brush filled with glitter paint and brushed a continuos line from...

A most prestegious historical moment in Australia today.!!!!!!!!!!
The wording of "the apology" is going to be read in Parliament for it's first sitting.
I dare not speak of it around my own town because there's some pretty strong feelings against it here.
BUT I"M STOKED !!!!!!!!!:D i'll be...

My family was hooked on Alby Mangles 8-9 years ago. There was a show on our Travel Channel here in the states, and we'd never miss it.
In the Steve Irwin thread, I read some comments by AussiePam about other people in Australia who are/were popular. She didn't mention Alby, and I was wondering...

There are certain people in our media who you know youll miss when they evrntually go. And john clarke is one of them.
A comic satirist, genius, all round nice guy.
He had a way of attacking the absurdity of politics without attacking the politician. Im going to miss the weekly Clarke and Dawe...

Began this thread because of what Spot said in another thread that was right on the mark .
Our Prime minister (a rich business man) has been selling off Australia to the highest bidder ever since his party came to power. (Abbott was booted by him recently) but he did warn us with 'HIS'...

Apparently we're all boat people this year.......Inclusive? Well I didn't see any convicts. it's all so nicey nicey!
and we've still got academics speaking of white supremacy. I remember a few years back critisizing a couple of you for talking about how your suburbs were becoming less white and...

Yes , not just a song from Icehouse but a television series on ABC . I largely ignored the series when first run but a cold and rainy day will have you feeling too lazy to change the channel on its second run.
Its a doco on the everyday way we live and operate, being quite different to the rest...

Hello My Friend Mags....:-4
Netflex has finally delivered the Aussie movie "Walkabout." I'm watching the movie right now and cannot even begin to tell you how much I love this story.....Actually, I'm overwhelmed...to say the least.
This is truly one of the most brilliant movies I have ever...

Major problems plagued the internet site last night. Millions of people going to one site was going to be trouble enough. But now we learn the site was shut down after the fourth hack from overseas entities.
People are not happy.
Heres the thing though...... we were told we had a choice between...

You don't say? as the Prime minister and Treasurer keep telling us "it's the end of the age of entitlement"....we sit here and wonder, What entitlement? We may have higher wages but we also pay more for everything.

Well according to our present government 'Australia is open for business" .What exactly does that mean?
mmmmmmmm.........lets see? A shipping lane through the great Barrier reef? Why not? :-5:-5
UN report scathing of Barrier Reef plan - Great Barrier Grief - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting...

This used to drive my mum nuts!!!!
And in time it drove me nuts with my own kids. In this clip it might be vegemite and margarine, but I'm sure it's the same story in other countries with other substances.
this is an old clip but I believe still true to form today.

We are talking about 'forced' . In essence and by law it's only "forced" that the law complies.
There has been an alert to teachers to keep an eye out for this situation but the existence of muslims schools is making it much more difficult to save girls from this situation.

........We have ways of making you die. :) accidently of course, we wouldn't even have to try to kill you . It would just happen. :) I think we would be doing the world a favour ......thats what's good about Aussies, just send your **** to us no questions asked we'll get rid of them for you .

New leak of radioactive water at Fukushima nuclear plant may have flowed into Pacific Ocean: TEPCO - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-03/new-fukishima-radoactive-leak-may-have-flowed-into-pacific-ocean/4996112)
This is beginning to scare the ****...

Probably the most eventful time in Australian history. And by far the most exciting.
I'd like to begin with Jack Lang who by todays paralells would be seen very differently. An yet the economic crisis is much the same.
You see he's the bloke who stole his states money so the federal...

At the moment Queensland now has more land under water than above, and now the crocs have moved in. Victoria is about to face it's most nightmarish day since Ash Wednesday tommorow, and everyone is on alert. The South Australian government has opened emergency morgues to handle the death rates due...

For the driest country on earth we sure do get a lot of rain sometimes.
75 percent of NSW
Overview Map showing areas affected by Flood Warnings: NSW State Emergency Service | NSW SES (http://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/news/2011/overviewmap-2march)
Every time the waters suceed from one place it...

OH and if you're wondering if these guys are dweebs....one of them actually has Megan Gale the super model as a partner ....yes there is hope for you all.
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